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It's really good.. I was neutral about it in the beginning but if you like this genre then it's amazing. the pacing and the characters are really interesting, and you won't find yourself skipping or wanting to skip scenes

thoughts so far:

● alright I'm hopping off my Gu Lan/Ye Xian deluluship and I'm hopping on the Qinglan/Ye Xian (hopefully not delulu) ship. she's just dominant enough to put him in his place.

● but I will be holding on to my hopes for a Gu Lan redemption arc. I like what they're doing with her wanting to get into business. Jinzhao had a good reason for refusing her but I hope that won't be the end of it, and I REALLY hope that won't be another weight that would tip Gulan into hating Jinzhao and plotting some stupid revenge. I also appreciated jinzhao standing up for her when she got the invite

● I really really really love the amount of strong female characters we're getting on this show. I have noticed that it's kind of a regular occurrence in cdramas and I appreciate that, but in this one specifically, I think they dialed it up a little bit and I couldn't be happier about it

● I'm wondering when Chen Yan Yun will find out about jinzhao and his nephew, bc it feels a bit awkward for them to get together only for him to find out later 😭 like really awkward...

● I really like the dynamic between jinzhao and her cousin, I really hope it's only platonic, I think he could be the brother she deserves. I hear it might've been different in the book but pleASE

● I love what they did with them tying for most of the game. It's much better than her winning or him letting her win. I do think her win at the end was deserved and I refuse to believe otherwise lmao

● can we talk about how absolutely beautiful she looked in those red and blue robes during the contest?!!! my god I was entranced

● How no one guessed that CYY is madly in love with her is baffling to me

every few episodes, one of the characters would mention the passage of time. it's done really subtly and kinda easy to miss

oh then I guess it's just me who's still unfamiliar with the genre

thank u sooo much I really appreciate that you took your time to recommend all of these 🥹🥹🥹🥹

How does the actor have that much influence on the writing? 😭😭

the last sentence is exactly how I felt during a lot of this 😭😭😭

this is very passionate 😭I appreciate the response

as someone who loved Xie Wei, they're making me kinda excited lmao

this is a call to all Xianxia/Xuanhuan fans, I NEED YOUR HELP

I have a few questions

Do you think this is a good drama? and how much did you rate it?

bc here's the thing:

I've always been a huge fantasy fan, all the books I read are fantasy and I've read fantasy from different cultures (including chinese!) so it's not like I'm just used to one boring type of fantasy. (and I grew up watching it a lot as a movie/tv show genre)

AND I love Hisotrical cdramas and non-fantasy Wuxia (if that's a thing)

but for SOME reason, I just cannot get into fantasy cdramas and it's genuinely making me sad at this point bc I really want to. I'm not sure if I just can't find something that matches my taste or if all Xianxia/Xuanhuan dramas are just not my taste..

a while ago, I tried starting love in the clouds bc of how popular it is, and it just felt messy and unintriguing and I felt like there was stuff that the show was assuming I already knew as a viewer, I really tried for like 4 episodes and ended up giving up

today I "completed" this show (it feels wrong saying completed bc I skipped so much of it) and it felt like an absolute mess, I didn't care about any of the main characters except A Sheng and Jin Lun (I liked them both individually and as a "couple") and I felt like the writers absolutely wasted that storyline. I also liked Bai Zong Ying and his immortality plotline but everything else was such a mess that I ended up not even paying attention to him

so I'm wondering:
-are all fantasy cdramas this messy?
-do they all throw you head first into complicated world-building without introducing you to it at a reasonable pace?
-which cdrama do you think is ideal for someone who's trying (begging) to get into this genre (preferably one that is very character-driven)

ps: this is NOT a hate comment, I'm being very sincere pls help me 😭

😭😭one of my fav drama reactions to a rejection

bro said "well then start thinking about it🤨"

I totally agree with the three different dynamics, I love your analysis of them

Dongman saying that he's like a human sponge and his feelings depend entirely on whether his environment likes him or not 😭 That was so relatable, I didn't think I'd hear someone say it so plainly and directly

I totally felt like the lady producer was her self-insert

I love him but I had to cover my screen and mute my pc whenever he started eating im very sensitive to that 😭😭

Exactly! the point is literally that we're all just trying here

"Is he a thug?" no he's a poet 🤣

but it isn't a romance, it just happens to have two characters falling in love, but it isn't the main plot..

And them finding each other/falling in love adds a lot to the show because it's meant to emphasize human connection, not in a romcom kinda way but in a real life way

recently I saw someone bomb recs by recommending their fav idol's cdrama with every upcoming show 😭I made a rec that I was proud of for that drama and it got absolutely drowned by their spam